1'

**

........"../... ....:." ... -M'

, vV^

Abbeville Press and Banner jTrrrnrr,^ ^g.OO the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, Sept. 26, 1921 - Single Copies, Five CenU. 77th Year. |

INQUIRY BEGUN ]OFKUKLUXKLAN

HIGH OFFICIALS MAY BE SUM- ]

iMONED.ATTORNEY GENERALSAYS BUREAU OFTIGATION IS LOOKING INTO

ORGANIZATION.

Washington, Sept. 23..High officialsof the Ku Klux Klan may be jsummoned to Washington for*inter-regation by the department of jus- j

tice, Attorney General Daugherty jindicated today. (

Director Burn9 of the depart- (

ment's bureau of investigation, Mt. j

Daugherty announced, has been in- j

atructed to set his agen ts at work on

an investigation of the Skin's orga- jnization in various part) of the coun- ^

try. . . j

In connection with the possible <

summoning qf kl$n leaders to Wash- x

ington the attorney general 9aid the j

department of justice had the au- t

/ thority to summon any one and it ^was its policy in the course of an ^investigation to« talk the matter fover with the persona involved. j

The attorney general said that (

any criminal prosecution would be

for the most part v matters of state £

law unless there had been some vio- jlation of federal statutes through $the use of the mails to defraud.

There is no need in this country jMr. Daughtery said, for vigilance ^

organizations. The country does not jneed, he added, any self-constituted [ i

organization to define and enforce J ^

the laws for American . citizens. ItL* * " £ .J I

has, he contended, a wen organize^

department of justice to enforce thaifederal laws and well organized!state authorities" to maintain thelaws of the several states. ' JATTENDS SCHOOL MEETING j

HELD IN COLUMBIA FRIDAY jI

Major Fulp Chosen Vice-PresidentIn Chufe of Football.State'" Divided in Section*.

t

Major J. D. Fulp attended the jmeeting Saturday in Columbia of theexecutive committee of the SouthCarolina High School League, which <

« transacted much business' relative to tthe various activities o^the high s

schools of the state. The committee ]agreed upon the division of thestate into an upper and lower section \for the better handling of the ath- <

letic sports, and set dates for the v

playing of football and basket-ball. {Mavvr TTnln waa ehoaen vice^oresi-

dent in charge of football, in place- of Harvey Witherspoon of Gaffneywho resigned. All high school footballschedules will be submitted to

Maj. Fulp by Oct, 15 for approval.All open dates in any schedule are tobe filled with the approval of Mr.Fulp. The Seaboard railway fromColumbia to the North Carolina lineand the Southern railway from Columbiato Augusta is to be thedividing line of the state in all contestsfor state champonships.The list of vice presidents of the

various sports with the two membersappointed to assist each follows:

Football, Maj. J. D. Fulp, Abbe-ville, in place of supenntenaent \Harvey Witherspoon of Clinton, re- \

signed. The two memfbers appointed iwith Major Fulp were W. F. War- jren, principal of Greenville high ]school, and Dr. E. C. Wade, superin- .

tendent of Flprence city schools. i

Boys' basketball," Prof. H. T. '

Shock!ey, Hastoc school, Spartan- '

burg, vice president. Members appointed:E. G. Jervfcy, department of <

(athletics, Charleston high' school, ]and J. G. Richards, superintendent 3of schools, Camden. j

Giri's basketball, W. S. Carwile, <

. superintendent of school, McColl, 1

vice president. Members appointed *

J. C. Rusfaton, superintendent of «

schools, Woodruff and E. C. Hall- 1

man, department of athletics, Spar- J

tanburg high 9chool. J

Baseball, W. C. Taylor, superin- ]tendent, Gaffney, vice president.Members appointed: W. D. Magin- J

nis, superintendent, Winthrop train- f

ftRBUCKLE CASEIN POLICE COURT

examination begins at san

. francesco.court room

filled almost exclusivelyWith women many othersdemanding admission.

San Francisco,, Sept. 23..Thejolice court examination of Roscoe("Fatty") Arbuckle, which will de;erminewhether the film comedian3 to be bound over to the superior:ourt for trial on a charge of mur-

ler of Miss Virginia Rappe, beganlere today in a court room filled alnostexclusively with women.> Three witnesses who saw Missftappe's body after her death Sep;emtber9, which, it is charged, resultedfrom injuries suffered at a

Irinking party four days before inVrbuckle's hotel suite, testified that;hey observed bruises on her limbsind body. Two of them, the surjeonwho performer the post mor;emexamination and the autopsyjeon who performed the post mor

upturedbladder, caused in their

>pini<Jn. by external force.The autopsy surgeon also told of

i small puncture he had found in theeft arm of the body which he attririfbutedto an hypodermic needle*At tomorrow's session it is exactedtheTe will be Introduced tesimonyregarding incidents at the

>arty, where, according to witnessesit the coroner's inquest, Miss Rappevas found moaning and screamingifter having been alone in a room

rith Arbuckle.Arbuckle listened Intently to tolay'stestimony, his face bearing a

erious expression. Mrs. Minta Dur-'« Arbuckle, his wife, from whom

>e< had been separated for five yearsind who came here from New Yorktfonday, sat at his side with her

nother, Mrs. Flora Durfee.

CHICKEN "LIFTER" CAUGHT

£ugene McCord Fined Fifty or Sis*ty in Police Court

Eugene McCord went on one

rhicken raid' too many. It is uselesso denote the race when chickenitealing is the crime, for everybodycnows the propensity of the negro.'or lifting thd feathered fowls fromhe yar# or roost Eugene got»ugfht on one of his rampages S&tirdayand this morning the mayorhied him $50 or 60 days.The latest complainant against

Sugene was W. D. Carroll. MoCordvas caught with the goods in a sackind could not give a satisfactory acwuntof the source. The testimonywas damning enough to justify conviction.The sack contained otherchickens than those of Mr. Carroll,it is said. The activities of MoCordn the white folks' chicken yards hasseen known for some time. In factle has been hauled before the authoritiesbefore on the same charge.Dn one occasion he visited the yard>f Dr. McMurray on Main street in>road open daylight, When no one

was at home. He gathered up a sackfull of the egg-producers and went>o the house next door and sold:hem. He was sent down the street;o Mr. Barksdale for his money andle was caught before he completediris sale.

ng school, Rock Hill, and R. C.Chompson, principal of high school,rimmonsville.>.Track athletics, A. C. Flora, principalColumbia ' high school, vice

presiaem. jnemoers appuijueu. x.

5. Hanna, principal of Andersonnigh school, and W. P. Crawford,iepartment of athletics, Hartsvilleligh school.Declamation, Dr. S. H. Edmunds,

superintendent of city schools, Sum;er.Members appointed: W. H.ftand, superintendent of cityschools, Columbia, and Z. L. Madden>rincipal of Union high school.Defoate: Prof. H. C. Davis and Dr.

Steed Smith of the University ofSouth Carolina.

DOUBLE MURDERSTIRSJEM

CROWDS IN CHASE AFTER LONC

SOUGHT NEGRO.MEMMINGEFPRIESTER ALLEGED TO HAVEKILLED WIFE AND SISTEEIN HOME.

Allendale, Sept. 24..Considerabl<excitement is rife throughout thi«and adjoining counties^ as the resuliof the killing of two negro womer

near here last night. The crime iialleged to have been committed bjMemminger. Priestier, a negro man

who left this section about four year!ago, outwitting a mob who wer<

searching for him for an alleged mur;der and assault of a white womar

of the Kline section. Priester ha:not been heard of since the crimeuntil last night, when it is said he

returned, and, being rebuffed by hiswife, killed her. and her sister, whcwas living with her. ' *

All last night, and throughout theentire day posses have been scouringthe country, and it is believed thaiif the negro is caught mob violencewill result. Sheriff Bennett and severaldeputies are heading the possesand it is thought that if the sheriflipprehends Priester he will be immediatelyremoved*to the state penitentiaryfor safe keeping. Up untillate this afternoon no trace, had beerfound of the negro, and it is the opinionof many that he has. escaped tcthe Savannah river swamps and possibly to the Georgia side. Officers oiall the adjoining counties have beer

I '

notified to be on the lookout foiPriester.The crime of which he was charged

when he escaped from this aectioiabout four years ago was one of themost dastardly ever committed ir

cfofn onrl />roofnr? »raof ovnifo.bUiO O VC* WW auu VI 5*. V.UU VV

ment. Several days' search was madtfor Priester at that time, but he escapedand has not been heard oisince until last night.

A SICK CHILD k

Little Helen White has been siclfor the past week at her home or

Greenville street with fever. Th<little girl is getting better now anc

hopes soon to be back at schooh

FIRST GAME, RESUL'

Abbeville High and Elfcals Each Take Mysti

of Season.BeltonFor Pigs]

Abbeville High School opened itifootball season Friday in ElbertonGa.f with the Elberton High Schoolancient rivals, as opponents. An<right lusty opponents they proved t<

be, the final score being 7 to 7.

Although not a brilliant strugglein view of the unseasonable ant

depressive heat, it was neverthelesia very satisfactory game for th<

sandlappers, that is, in everythinfexcept the score. The Abbeville teanshowed Considerable promise anc

performed in a manner that indicate;they will do extremely well this sea

son.

Some complaint was made on th<part of the Abbeville boys regardingthe work of the referee and umpireFrom all reports this faulty worlwas probably due to the fact that th<officials \vere not'up on the gameThe Elberton authorities should hav<secured experienced officials, even iithey had to go out of town to gethem. When teams visit Abbevilhthey are always allowed the privilege of selecting the umpire, at leastThen the home management is relievedof the embarrassment frequentlyencountered whan visitingteams complain of the one-sided vie-w

officials take in making decisions.Billy Long is accorded the laurel;

of this first game for the locals, his

HABIT OF SAVING: NOW BURS FRUIT

t

i TWENTY-SEVEN BILLION DOLlLARS TUCKED AWAY.LARGE:LY RESULT OF WAR TIME« T i

l SAVING BY WAGE EARNERSIN UNITED STATES.

i Washington, Sept. 24..Treasury3 department records indicate thatt thrift has found a firm foothold ini America. Figures made public today3 bv the savings division show that,r despite the economic depression and, unemployment, the savings of smallJ investors throughout the United Staties total approximately $27,000,000,;000, or, taking the population at 108,000,000a per capita savings of abouts $250 for each man, woman and childs in the nation.J Of this vast sum of working dol-'> lars, $21,000,000,000 is invested in> government securities, while the

J other $6,000,000,000 is representeds by deposits in more than 30,000 sav:ings banks. T6 the holders of ThirdLiberty loan bonds, included in the

! investments referred to, the government is today paying semi-annual

; coupon interest amounting to more' than $77,000,000. At the same time- the holders of these securities are

being invited by the savings divisionI to reinvest their, interest money ini thrift stamps and war savingsstamps with the view of keeping as

> much as possible of this money atwork.

Government war issues are heldi* mainly by persons of small means,according to treasury officials. Nolesson which came out of the war

I was more thoroughly' learned thani that which. inculcated in the wages earner and the child the habit of sysitematic system. The seeds plantedduring the gr^at national emergency

: are now, during the post war periodof readjustment, beginning to bear

I iruxc. ,

A PAINFUL INJURY.Mrs. M. L. Blackwell suffered a

c painful injury one day last weeki when she stepped into a post holes and sprained her ankle which will1 necessitate the use of crutches forseveral weeks.

OFYEARTS IN TIE.7-7erton High, Ancient RivcSeven in First GameComes Here Fridaykin Battle.s head work and splendid carryingtwork being responsible for the lone

ftouchdown. Big Bruce possessed the

1 trusty toe that added one point to

j Billy's touchdown.Elberton's team outweighed Ab>beville's by several pounds and the

1 hot weather played a considerables part in cutting down the possible» speed of the faster team, which on

r this occasion was Abbeville.i Two years ago Elberton romped on

1 Abbeville to the tune of 79 to 0, so

3 the locals certainly have every rea-son to be proud of the work of theteam Friday. They certainly have

, improved while Elberton is not holdring their own.

The lineup for Abbeville Fridayc was: Nickles, right end; Galloway,> left tackle; Starnes, right guard;. Howie, center; Klugh, left guard;; Leslie, left end; Bradley, left tackle;I Harris, right half; Smith, left half;L T r> i. 1 1- . T A fulli i-/uug, d., Ljuai Lei uatR, uuug, iuu

i back. Substitutions: Roche for A.- Long, Barnwell for Nickles, Gam.brell for Roche.

The first game to be played at

home will be with Belton on Rosenfberg field Friday afternoon a(t 4:30r o'clock. Admission will be 50c for

adults, and 25 cents to school pupils.; The season ticket buyers will save

i .money.

NEGRO MAN KILLEDB! J. R. M'ALLISTER

V

ARGUMENT OVER COTTONSEED MONEY RESULTS INDEATH FOR ONE.McALISTERADMITS SHOOTING ANDCLAIMS SELF DEFENSE.

After an argument over the dis-position 01 me prucccusfrom the Sale of cotton seed,'J. R.McAlister of Iva, Anderson county,Saturday afboiit 2 o'clock, shot andkilled John Hall, a negro about 60year old. The shooting took place on

the Burt farm near Lowndesvillewhich is rented by McAlister andsub-rented to the negro, Hall. Mr.McAlister came to Abbeville immediatelyafter the shooting and surrendered.He was released today underhabeas corpus proceedings beforeChief Justice Gary.

According to testimony at thehearing today Mr. McAlister hadspent Friday night in a room atHall's house. Saturday afternoonMcAlister and Half were In the lotnear the house. Hall had returnedfrom Lowndesville where he had solda load of cotton seed. Hall -had pickedflhe cotton from a crop which hadibeen deserted by Luther Dofabs, anothershare-cropper on the same

land. Luther Dobhs owed Mr. McAlistermoney and the latter askedHall to make out the bill for pickingthe cotton and he would pay himfrom the seed money. Hall saidDotobs had told him to bring themoney to him and that he would doit.

During this discussion tne two

"were squatted on the ground. Mr.McAlister told Hall that he couldnot take the money to Dobbs as

Dobbs owed him. Then . the negrorose and struck at Mr. McAlister,the latter warding off the blow withhis hands. He ran back to his automobileand grabbed his gun.' Hallstarted toward him, thrusting hisright hand in the side pocket of his"trousers.

Mr. McAlister says Hall was

known to carry a 41 Calibre Derringerpistol, and in fear for his own

life he shot Hall.Bond was fixed by Judge Gary at

$1,000 and he was released this morning.Hall, the dead negro, is said to

have a very bad reputation in hiscommunity. He shot and woundedone man several years ago, and es-? J- TT . 21capea to norma, ne k» «inu sum lv

Tiave shot a man in Florida.' At the inquest held Sunday the followingtestimony was heard by CoronerCox:Dr. D. S. Knox testified as to the

'nature of the wound which causedHall's death. H£ said the bullet enteredthe neck about two inches belowthe juncture of the chin and neckand ranged slightly downward, comingout just inside of right shoulderblade.

Miss Annie Waters, an eyewitness,said:

"I live in Abbeville County Wherethis homicide took place. Yesterday(Saturday) about 1 o'clock, JohnHall, who lives here, and J. R. McAllistercame. They were disputingabout cotton seed. The first thing I

saw was John Hall ran to Mr. McAllisterand said he did not like ita dam bit. Then Mr. McAllister struckat Hall with his fist. Hall ran backand then Mr. Allister jumped on the

running board of his (McAllister's)automobile and grabbed his gun. Atthis t:me Hall was advancing on Mr.McAllister with his right hand in hisn>ht Docket. When within ten to |fifteen feet of McAllister, McAllisterfired. It was a Winchester rifle. Hallwas hit in front. He ran a little pieceand fell. Hall never spoke. I saw one

of Hall's daughters go to the bodyof Hall and take two pocketbooks,some papers and a pistol from Hall'spocket after Hall fell. Hall sub-rentsfrom McAllister. When Mr. McAllisterwas down here he lived upstairsin the same house with Hall."The verdict of the coroner's jury

\

TWO WILL SERVE JFIFTEEN YEARS

'

VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTERIN ANDERSON.WALTER L. ^HAYES AND ED WILSON GETPRISON SENTENCES.TWO TOPAY FINES.

Anderson, Sept* 24..Walter L. < %'

Hayes,, wealthy Anderson countymerchant, and his brother-in-law,Ed. Wilson, were sentenced here todayto serve a 15-year term in thestate penitentiary at Columbia on

conviction of manslaughter by a jurywhich tried them for the killing of "j,T. F. Ramey near here last July.George Wilson, father of Ed. Wilson,and Allen Emerson, the other j

two defendants, were sentenced topay fines' of $100 each and to serve -J30 days on the county chaingang,the jury having held them guilty only .

of carrying concealed weapons. The S

jury rendered its verdict after 23hours of deliberation.

Counsel for the accused men said ,

later they were considering appealson the cases. Hayes and Ed. Wilson

^/

will not be allowed bail as a South >>::;Carolina statute prohibits bail where -

sentenceis more than ten years.Allen Emerson and George Wilson

had previously been convicted ofkillings and were serving life termswhen paroled in 1912 by the gover- ; 3

nor. The present charges grew out §of a fight at Harney's home, the statecontending the defendants tried tobeat up Ramey over an old quarreland they asserting they went to hishome to make peace and he startedo rinarrflla ^uunwi ,,

»

Just after the announcement of the <

verdict of the jury, the counsel fordefense asked the indulgence of the,,court for a period before pronouncingthe sentence, stating that itwished to present a point in the case.

The jury after deliberating all

night came o|it at 10 o'clock andasked the judge for instructions as

to aiding and allotting. Jujige Moorecharged the jury concerning the lawin regard to the one defendant beingresponsible for the acts of each otherwhen acting in a common cause.

In sentencing Hayes and Ed Wil- !

son, Judge Moore told them that the

jury had rendered a verdict thatshowed a merciful attitude, and had

given them the benefit of every reasonabledoubt "This sentence, as

.well as being a punishment for thecrime committed, is a warning anddeterrent to others of this countyand state," said Judge Moore. Thedtate penitentiary was designated as

the ^lace of confinement

COMPLETES SCHEDULE

Abbeville High Plays ChesterThanksfirinf Day.

tAt a meeting of the executive

committee of the South CarolinaHigh School league last Saturday inColumbia, all open dates in the. localfootball schedule were filled. Thebody considered Abbeville and Ches- v

tea* as the two probable contestantsnnr? orrQtlflP.

ior me up-sujw: ui» un <»«»* .6

ed tfliat they meet in Chester ThanksgivingDay. The other open date,November 18, Batesburg High willplay in Abbeville.

This completed schedule requiresthe playing of nine games, seven ofwhich will be at home.

FROM CLEMSON

Jim Coleman came home fromClemson and spent Sunday withhome folks. He brings the news thatwork at Clemson is going on smoothlyand that the dormitories are

crowded with boys anxious to getan education. *»

was to the effect that John Hall come

lo his death from the effect of a gunshotwound, same being in the handsJ. R. McAllister.

Composing the jury were: J. W.

Wright, foreman; W. C. Cann, M. P.Stuart, J. H. Hill, W. D. Bell and J.M. Nickle.

i: ;